Concert Reviews

The complete list of posted concert reviews

Extra dimensions from dance lift Julia Bullock’s touching Messiaen song cycle in Berkeley

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United StatesUnited States Messiaen, Harawi: Julia Bullock (soprano), Conor Hanick (piano), American Modern Opera Company. Presented by Cal Performances, Zellerbach Hall, University of California Berkeley, 27.9.2024. (HS)

Pianist Conor Hanick, singer Julia Bullock and dancer Or Schraiber © Brittany Hosea-Small

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Stewart Goodyear and ‘Symphonic Cinema’ successfully send off Vancouver Symphony’s new season

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CanadaCanada Morlock, Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky: Stewart Goodyear (piano), Symphonic Cinema (director: Lucas van Woerkum), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Otto Tausk (conductor). Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 20.9.2024. (GN)

Otto Tausk conducts pianist Stewart Goodyear and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra © VSO

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Emelyanychev and Isserlis launch the Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s 51st season with Dvořák masterworks

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Dvořák: Steven Isserlis (cello), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor). City Halls, Glasgow, 27.9.2024. (GT)

Maxim Emelyanychev conducts cellist Steven Isserlis and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra © Christopher Bowen

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Nico Muhly’s vivid Piano Concerto riffs on French Baroque ideals in its SF Symphony world premiere

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United StatesUnited States Hindemith, Muhly, Bach: Alexandre Tharaud (piano), San Francisco Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 28.9.2024. (HS)

Alexandre Tharaud plays the world premiere of Nico Muhly’s Piano Concerto with the SF Symphony conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen © Kristin Loken

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Two contrasting Rachmaninoff works from the LPO under Edward Gardner at the Royal Festival Hall

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rachmaninoff: Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Kristina Mkhitaryan (soprano), Dmytro Popov (tenor), Kostas Smoriginas (bass-baritone), London Philharmonic Choir (artistic director: Neville Creed), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 28.9.2024. (JR)

The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Edward Gardner © Mark Allan

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The LPO, DiDonato and Gardner shine in mythic vengeance, queenly suicide and social heroism

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom ‘Moments Remembered’ – Samuel Barber, Berlioz and Beethoven: Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London. 25.9.2024. (CSa)

The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Edward Gardner © Mark Allan

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